Find 3 consecutive integers whose sum is 276

This problem states that the sum of 3 consecutive integers is 276 and it asks us to find the integers.

Three consecutive integers can be represented as followed.

X → first integer

X + 1 → second integer

X + 2 → third integer

Since the sum of our three consecutive integers is 276, we can write an equation.

X + X + 1 + X + 2 = 276

We can simplify our equation on the left and it will read...

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answer

the correct answer is

explanation

the given function is

the excluded values are obtained by solving:

we factor to obtain:

the excluded values are